Scientists warn that potential new variants and unequal vaccination rates threaten any long-awaited return to normality.

Climate change has already caused "irreversible losses" for Nature, UN experts have said, warning that if emissions are not cut quickly, warming could trigger chain reactions with potentially catastrophic effects for all species, including humans. All forms of life on Earth are linked together by a vast web of causes...

The United Arab Emirates has offered $5 million in assistance to Ukraine to tide over problems suffered by civilians in the ongoing conflict.

Lebanese families are lobbying authorities to return their relatives held in Syria.

The United States will contribute half of the 60 million barrels of oil International Energy Agency (IEA) countries agreed to release Tuesday to stabilize global markets after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden said. "I can announce the United States has worked with 30 other countries to release 60...

The IMF and the World Bank have promised to provide financial support to Ukraine, saying that they are saddened by the devastating human and economic toll brought on by the Russian invasion.

More than 10,000 Arab students have also attended university in Ukraine, drawn to the former Soviet republic by its low cost of living.

The objective of the new aid provided by World Bank is to "protect vulnerable Afghans and help preserve human capital and key economic and social services."

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday branded his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "dictator" facing withering economic and diplomatic isolation for invading neighboring Ukraine, and warned the world is in a "battle" between democracy and autocracy. The US president praised the Ukrainian "wall of strength" that has stood tall against...

Arabs noted that while the toll of war may be similar in the respective conflicts, the media treatment is not. Many also drew a comparison between Europe's welcoming of Ukrainian refugees and the influx of Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans.

Italy imports around 95 percent of the gas it uses, and around 45 percent of that comes from Russia.

The meeting, attended by Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, discussed enhancing the strategic partnership between Jordan and the United States.

The negotiations to revive the deal involve Iran as well as France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China directly, and the United States indirectly. The 2015 agreement gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, but the US unilaterally withdrew from it in 2018 under Donald Trump.

“Today, we are announcing a ban on all imports of crude oil from Russia, an industry that has benefited President Putin and his oligarchs greatly,” Trudeau told a news conference.

"We have alerted both countries of the region and elsewhere not to pass warships through the Black Sea," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.

The announcement of the expulsion came on the last day of Russia's presidency of the UN Security Council and it ceded the presidential seat to UAE on Tuesday.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries, or FBCCI, will launch a UAE-Bangladesh Business Council next month to boost trade in the Middle East region.

Bahrain's Minister said the private sector plays a key role in strengthening bilateral relations, as it boosts the volume of trade exchanges.

The UN Security Council voted Monday to extend to all of Yemen's Houthi rebels an arms embargo that until now targeted only some leaders of the guerrilla group. Yemen has been embroiled since 2014 in a civil war between the Iran-backed Houthis and the internationally recognized government supported by a...

All sides to the negotiations have signaled progress in the talks being held in the Austrian capital, but add that they are at a critical stage. Iran has repeatedly emphasized the need for the West to make certain "decisions".

Prince Khalid bin Salman conveyed the greetings of the Custodian of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

President Vladimir Putin ordered on Sunday Russia's nuclear forces onto high alert in response to what he called ‘unfriendly’ steps by the West. Russia has the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons and a huge cache of ballistic missiles. The United States, the world's second-largest nuclear power, slammed the order.

According to a Jordanian Trade Ministry statement, the two countries discussed preparations for holding the 17th session of the Joint Commercial Committee meetings.

If needed, Turkey will apply the Montreux agreement which governs the free movement of commercial ships through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles straits.

According to the UN, if the war continued, there will be around 18 million Ukrainians that will be affected in humanitarian terms.

A number of Arab countries are heavily dependent on wheat supplies from both Ukraine and Russia.

Saudi Arabia confirmed its commitment to the OPEC+ agreement with Russia Sunday, the Saudi Press Agency reported, as Moscow faces international criticism over its invasion of Ukraine. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made the comments during a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron that also covered the situation in Ukraine...

The ministers of Jordan and Tunisia discussed ways to enhance bilateral ties, especially in health cooperation. Jordan’s Health Minister Firas Al Hawari met with Tunisian counterpart Ali Mrabet on Saturday in Amman. Both sides agreed on increasing cooperation by exchanging expertize and experiences, especially in the field of digitizing and...

Iran's chief negotiator will fly back to Vienna on Sunday evening following consultations in Tehran, state media reported, as talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal reached a critical stage.

Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and adviser to President Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, made these comments after the UAE abstained to vote on Friday on a draft United Nations Security Council resolution deploring Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Among Arab countries, Morocco has the largest number of students in Ukraine, with around 8,000 enrolled in universities, followed by Egypt with more than 3,000.

The EU has been mediating between negotiators from Iran and a U.S. delegation to revive nuclear deal.

The aid was sent following the directives of the UAE's leadership to help improve the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region.

The United States and Western allies are still able to deliver arms into Ukraine to bolster the military, and Washington plans to send more in the coming days to help them fight both Russian armor on the ground and assaults from the air, according to a US defense official.

The ministers of the UAE and the UK discussed the historic relations between the two countries and their strategic cooperation, as well as ways to develop ties in all fields.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu asked Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to end the attack on Ukraine during a phone call on Saturday, a Turkish diplomatic source said. Cavusoglu told Lavrov that further military escalation would not benefit anyone.

Iran has said that it will continue to enrich uranium to 20 percent purity even after sanctions against it are lifted and a 2015 nuclear deal is brought back to life.

The UAE has called for immediate cessation of hostilities in the war between Russia and Ukraine. The appeal came in a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York.

Choosing sides in Ukraine's crisis would have once been easy for Gulf states long protected by the US, but growing ties with Moscow are forcing them to strike a balance. As the world rushed to condemn the Russian invasion of its smaller neighbour, the wealthy Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries,...

The six sites are in an area called the New York Bight and total 488,000 acres (197,500 hectares), making it the biggest U.S. renewable power auction ever.

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi led an entourage of high-profile officials to welcome king and queen upon their arrival at the Presidential Flight in Abu Dhabi.

On Friday, US President Joe Biden extended his country's measures against Russia to include sanctions on President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, including a travel ban for the two statesmen. Biden was the first world leader to announce sanctions, hours after Putin declared a "military operation" into...

The Federation of Saudi Chambers of Commerce signed an agreement to host the local network of the United Nations Global Compact in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This affirms the Federation’s role in supporting the efforts of the UN Global Compact and realizing the importance of corporate sustainability in implementing...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a press conference in Moscow that Russian President Vladimir Putin "took the decision to conduct a special military operation to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine so that, freed from oppression, Ukrainians themselves could freely determine their future".

Libya's prospective prime minister, appointed by the war-torn country's parliament as it seeks to oust interim premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah, said Thursday his cabinet line-up was ready.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on world powers on Thursday to cut Russia off from SWIFT, after Russian forces invaded his country on Wednesday.

Baptised Eurodrone, the twin-motor aircraft with a 30-metre wingspan similar to some commercial planes, will be able to carry out intelligence-gathering, surveillance as well as combat operations.

The decision followed a flurry of flight cancellations after Russia early Thursday sent troops across the border into Ukraine.

The surge in deaths came alongside evidence of both increased arrivals in at least one key destination and rising interceptions.

Washington said the penalties will be severe, and will have lasting impact on Russia's economy.